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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
8
United Presbyterian church will host a congregational service flag unveiling Sunday morning at regular worship. A program of music and short addresses will accompany the event and the public is invited.
Across west of Boyden a plush robe was lost and a finder is asked to return it to the office. A Mission Feast occurred Sunday at the Lutheran Church north of Boyden with Rev. W. Baetke as pastor. Sheridan Township Band provided sacred music during morning and afternoon services. Miss Vera Eldridge of Sheldon visits sister Mrs. S. C. Green and family.
Reports from Sheldon note memorial services for Carl McGlothlen, a Spencer death in a car crash near Spencer, and a new military draft class rule for married men without children. Also listed are sugar ration cuts, a Turkey wheat price, a coal car arrival for West Hall Lumber, the Sheldon Fair dates, and Pershing casualty estimates of 2000.
The Editor intends a weekend vacation visiting family in Stuart Iowa and will arrange care of the office in his absence. Miss Maud Jackson is recruiting officer for the Students Nurse Reserve and will provide details. O C Blessing and G Steenbergen families from Shel don were Sunday visitors at Henry Stehrenberg’s home. Mrs W H Eddy and her sons left Tuesday for Sib ley and Armstrong Iowa to visit relatives for several days. At and Mrs Harry Rombough enjoyed fishing near Bigelow Minnesota Tuesday. Steve Vander Well traveled to Sheldon Tuesday afternoon. Rev and Mrs W Baetke were callers in Sheldon Tuesday.
The United States food administrator argues that preserving food supplies should curb brewing and call for prohibition legislation. He notes distilling has already decreased and beer alcohol is 2 percent, predicting saloons would rely on whisky and gin if brewing stops. He says stopping distilled liquors could prevent a worse situation and urges action by Congress. Also mentions Mrs Kuyper and relatives visiting Des Moines and Camp Dodge.
United Presbyterian church notes list Pastor Karl Megdelsen and Sabbath School led by A. A. Kuyper with services at 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. A lost grey cravanette raincoat is reported, one mile south of town, with finder asked to leave it at the office. The 32d U. P. Ladies Missionary Society meets with Mrs. Julia Miller on Thursday.
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